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May I clarify the best location for an AMNPS 5x8 in a Gen 2.5 is directly above the heating element on the right side above the existing chip tray? the pellets won't ignite from too much heat there?

I have an urban farm in the west San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, where I raise ducks (and a few chickens and rabbits).  They had a busy spring and now I have about 50 adults that will be being butchered soon.  I'm not a USDA inspected farm so I won't be selling these commercially, but feel...

Anyone ever try using the dough paddle in a food processor to peel garlic?  I will try it when I get home but Dave's mixer trick inspired the thought.

This would seem to be the right place to bypass the onboard control if you were adding your own PID controller w/relay (like HeaterMeter?), but can anyone experienced in this confirm that guess?

Couldn't you have used the top vent to connect your pipe, since air intake could come in thru the bottom vent?

If someone is truly on the paleo/primal kick, sugar and maple syrup would be out for them as well.

First time jitters out of the way, I'll try to figure out how to post just one or two key shots from here out  :)

By the time I was doing chickens, I didn't have time for pictures, but I spatchcocked two and left two whole, brined them all in SLaughterhouse recipe found here, then air dried in the fridge for a day.  Smoked a spatchcocked one with the ribs and put one whole over the cajun cooker on a...

The ribs were a different story!  I've been cooking ribs a few years now, on cheap offset smokers, on weber kettles and now in the MES30 with AMNPS.  3-2-1 was just right, rubbed with BigMista's Perfect Pork rub then added some apple cider when wrapped in foil. 3 racks went fast!  There's the...

Summary:  fantastic weekend! Brisket:  needs work but not back for first time.  Put it in late on Saturday, took it off at 2am.  Reheated it next day but could have been better.  Not sure I will bother often, too much effort for minimal payoff.

basically Bacon wrapped meatballs

I haven't had these before and wanted to be sure I would like them!  Sunday's batch will be a full rack and a full rack of moinkballs in addition to the rest of the food (brisket the day before, ribs the morning of, veggies cold smoked a couple days ahead then sauteed in oil over the grill...

yesterday was moinkballs, today ABT's.  just a couple each of jalapenos, Serrano's and habaneros, stuffed with goats cheese and a Trader Joes cocktail sausage, wrapped in bacon and smoked with hickory pellets in my AMNPS.  delicious!  going to do up a bug batch this weekend for a party, might...

I definitely have the bottom rack earmarked for the chicken, but thanks for the reminders! I have done ribs and chicken before, so I think that will be safer to cook on the day of, and I will work the brisket the day before and reheat.  Q-View to follow, thanks folks!

as I posted elsewhere, tonight's q-view: